There were six conference games this weekend to close out the regular season. With Nebraska's 13-7 victory over Iowa on Friday afternoon, the Huskers clinched the Legends division and will face Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game next week. The Badgers fell to Penn State today by the final score of 24-21 in overtime, which dropped them to 4-4 in conference and 7-5 overall. Both Purdue and Michigan State became bowl eligible with wins today - the Boilermakers defeated Indiana 56-35 to improve to 3-5 in conference and 6-6 overall and Michigan State beat Minnesota on the road 26-10 to also improve to 3-5 in Big Ten play and 6-6 overall. Northwestern pounded Illinois 50-14 to send the Illini home for the holidays winless in conference play. Lastly, Ohio State finished their season unbeaten by defeating rival Michigan by the score of 26-21.
Due to both Ohio State and Penn State being ineligible to play in bowl games due to their NCAA violations, the Big Ten has just seven bowl eligible teams, three of which are 6-6 (Purdue, Michigan State, and Minnesota), one is 7-5 (Wisconsin), one is 8-4 (Michigan), one is 9-3 (Northwestern), and one is 10-2 (Nebraska).
The Big Ten is looking a lot like the ACC as far as seasons go and conference championships. Due to Ohio State, Penn State, North Carolina, and Miami (Florida) being ineligible for post-season play, the two conferences have only 13 bowl eligible teams combined.
The conference title games will be as follows:
Big Ten - Nebraska (10-2) vs. Wisconsin (7-5)
ACC - Florida State (10-2) vs. Georgia Tech (6-6)
That's right - these two conference title games include a team with at least five losses. If either Wisconsin or Georgia Tech upsets Nebraska or Florida State in their conference title games, the Big Ten and/or ACC will be represented in a BCS bowl game by an unranked team with a record of 8-5 or 7-6. Ouch... When all is said and done, the ACC is only guaranteed to have five teams with above-.500 records (Florida State, Clemson, North Carolina State, North Carolina, and Miami (Florida) and the Big Ten is only guaranteed to have six such teams (Nebraska, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, and Wisconsin). I suppose it could be worse for the Big Ten and ACC(barely) - they could be the Big East...
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?confId=5&seasonYear=2012&seasonType=2&weekNumber=13
http://espn.go.com/college-football/standings
Due to both Ohio State and Penn State being ineligible to play in bowl games due to their NCAA violations, the Big Ten has just seven bowl eligible teams, three of which are 6-6 (Purdue, Michigan State, and Minnesota), one is 7-5 (Wisconsin), one is 8-4 (Michigan), one is 9-3 (Northwestern), and one is 10-2 (Nebraska).
The Big Ten is looking a lot like the ACC as far as seasons go and conference championships. Due to Ohio State, Penn State, North Carolina, and Miami (Florida) being ineligible for post-season play, the two conferences have only 13 bowl eligible teams combined.
The conference title games will be as follows:
Big Ten - Nebraska (10-2) vs. Wisconsin (7-5)
ACC - Florida State (10-2) vs. Georgia Tech (6-6)
That's right - these two conference title games include a team with at least five losses. If either Wisconsin or Georgia Tech upsets Nebraska or Florida State in their conference title games, the Big Ten and/or ACC will be represented in a BCS bowl game by an unranked team with a record of 8-5 or 7-6. Ouch... When all is said and done, the ACC is only guaranteed to have five teams with above-.500 records (Florida State, Clemson, North Carolina State, North Carolina, and Miami (Florida) and the Big Ten is only guaranteed to have six such teams (Nebraska, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, and Wisconsin). I suppose it could be worse for the Big Ten and ACC(barely) - they could be the Big East...
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?confId=5&seasonYear=2012&seasonType=2&weekNumber=13
http://espn.go.com/college-football/standings
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